From HBO to NBC and Disney, there are few corners of the film/TV industry which Kimberly McGregor has not extended her talent, a skill set she now brings to Victory Studios Seattle.

Producer Kimberly Dickens-McGregor has been working in the entertainment industry for over sixteen years, beginning as a production assistant and working her way to her current role as supervising producer.

She has worked in creative and production development on a wide range of major productions, most notably, HBO’s Carnivale, which she oversaw from the pilot to the end of the first season. She has also worked on Felicity for Disney and Imagine Entertainment, Y2K and Heroes for NBC, and Blow, Twilight Zone, and Longfellow Bridge for New Line Cinema. Kimberly recently joined the newly re-vamped Victory Studios Seattle Executive management team, where she brings her extensive production experience from the creative foundation working with writers through line producing and post-production.

Victory Studios Owner Conrad Denke spoke about the recent addition of Kimberly to their Management team:

At Victory we are fortunate to have her depth of experience. She knows what world class high quality looks like and will accept nothing less in productions done at Victory Studios. Because of her extensive Hollywood studio production experience, Kimberly also provides critical liaison work with Victory Studios LA and our partner HDFilms.

In addition to her Hollywood credentials, Kimberly is an active member of the Producers Guild of America, and has experience producing projects on a global scale, working in Canada, Europe and Mexico.

From her association and experience working with award winning productions, Kimberly’s arrival comes at a time when Victory Studios Seattle is increasing its focus on entertainment production, making Kimberly’s arrival all the more fitting.

Sony’s new NEX cameras offer an interchangeable E-Mount lens system with all the features you expect from a traditional camcorder such as Gain Control, 2 XLR inputs, Peaking and Zebras as well as advanced user settings you can’t get from a DSLR.

Choose to use our 2.8/16mm, 3.5-6.3/18-200mm or 3.5-5.6/18-55mm E-Mount Lenses or rent our MTF PL Mount to E-Mount Adaptor for cinema quality shooting. Other lens adaptors are coming soon so get ready to dust off those old Nikon and Canon Primes and Zooms!

The NEX FS100 can shoot to either SD cards or an optional 128 FMU (Flash Memory Unit) that will allow you over 700 minutes of continuous shooting in beautiful 1920×1080 AVCHD.

Like ProRes instead? Then use our NEW Atomos Ninja HDMI Recorder to capture 8 bit ProRes 422 files direct to QuickTime via the FS100’s HDMI output. Your workflow has never been easier. BONUS: The Ninja also works as a monitor while it records!

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The Dana Dolly is a new and innovative dolly system that glides effortlessly atop lengths of industry standard speed rail which can be mounted on combo stands offering a versatile and incredibly smooth solution for dolly shots that eliminates the need for conventional dolly track and shimming.

With the Dana Dolly you can get awesomely smooth and controlled camera moves in any environment with little set-up time and a small footprint. Perfect for shooting in remote locations or on sensitive flooring.

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The team at Victory Studios helped Brooks complete production on new videos to showcase their Fall product line. This new line is part of their “Run Happy” campaign. The full line of apparel and running shoes can be viewed on their website www.BrooksRunning.com.

Pocket Dolly

The Pocket Dolly from Kessler is a compact camera slider that features a unique crank and belt system that provides smooth camera movements and a dramatic look without breaking the budget. This slider is great for smaller format cameras, such as, Canon 5D, 7D, or 60D and can also be used with cameras as large as the Panasonic HVX-200. It can be mounted on a tripod or set on a tabletop. With its all-in-one design you’ll be free to move around and get a variety of shots in the time it would take to just lay out a few feet of traditional dolly track. Check out their product video:

Eye Direct

The Eye Direct is a device that works similarly to a teleprompter but instead of displaying text on the screen, a series of mirrors allow the director’s face to be displayed in front of the lens. This allows the subject to talk directly into the lens while still displaying the emotions and reactions you expect from a person-to-person conversation.

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“Think fast, good and affordable is a dream? With Victory’s support, we pulled off the impossible and created a high production campaign on time and under budget”, says KING’s creative director, Cherylynne Crowther about Victory Studios recent effort for the Home Team. The Victory Studios team has put the finishing touches on the station’s 2011 Image Campaign. The spots, currently airing, were finished in black and white, (with, of course a few yellow jackets left in!) and feature KING’s anchors, reporters and investigators, blended with a font treatment of key words. A strong music composition, along with Motion Graphics, Compositing, and Color Grading brought the spots together. Tom Skerritt dropped by VS Audio for the VO record. The spots include a 60, “Trust”, along with some 30’s and 05 second tags for each of KING’s on-air journalists. Victory worked with a King-5 Team that included Creative Director – Cherylynne Crowther, Producer – Deb Ellis, Editor – Rico Benjamin, Writer – Deb Ellis/Lisa Dawes, and Production Manager/Producer – Ryan Subica. The footage was directed by Mark Feijo and DP’d by Shawn Anderson.

Well then, check out this HOT Sounders FC 2010 Sizzle Reel that Editor Ben Kaplan and Composer/Audio Engineer Nick Denke put together for a live event for team’s Annual Season Ticket Holders meeting on December 3rd at Qwest Field Event Center. The video features the exciting play calls from the team’s broadcast announcer, Arlo White, plus plenty of great soccer footage from Sounders Broadcasting, and other footage shot by the Team’s David Glass and Aaron Stadler. Victory’s Mike Wacker and the Sounders’ Rick Crawford produced. By the way, the Sounders’ 2010 half-hour Hilite video is in production, and will premiere March 9 at 6:30p.m on KONG-TV prior to the team’s “Community Shield” match at Qwest Field. Go Sounders! Scarves Up!

Victory Studios’ Editor, Ben Pohl, is also an aspiring Filmmaker and VFX Supervisor. Lately he’s been doing some tasty Visual Effects for his first feature length film, “Divination”. In all, the film has over 440 VFX shots. Post production is now wrapping as the film is currently in the hands of Victory Studios’ Sound Engineer, Jason DeVore for final sweetening and mixing. Check out Ben’s Showreel – And, visit www.divination-movie.com to follow news about the release of “Divination”, and to view the film’s trailers.

Working with the Washington DC office of the agency GMMB, Victory Studios’ resident composer, Nick Denke, created this campy: 60 second radio jingle that carries a serious message for the Washington State Department of Health. The primary message: Wash your hands to prevent illness. Nick’s result is fun and memorable, if only for its lovable goofiness. Another fine example of how Victory Studios can execute your musical visions!

Two recent ticket spots produced by Victory Studios for the Seahawks and Sounders FC.

The “Earn Everything” spot for Seahawks features the craftsmanship of Victory’s Ben Kaplan, who directed and edited the spot, along with Nick Denke, who composed the music, and Geoff Dunlap, who shot the dynamic scenes of the players “suiting up”. The spot also utilizes some tasty action footage shot by NFL Films.

The Sounders FC spot, “Renewal”, again, is the handiwork of Ben and Nick, along with David Glass who shot some of the footage.

Both spots were produced by Mike Wacker & Rick Crawford.